Improvement in bandilure toys



C. WEBER.

BANDIL'URE TOYS.

Patented June 27, 1876 NPEI'ERS. FHOml-ITNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

CHARLES WEBER, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BANDILURE TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 79,377, dated June27, 1876; application filed April 21, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WEBER, of West Meriden, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Revolving Toys, which invention is fully set forth in thefollowing specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing, in which- Figure 1 represents a transverse section of my toywhen completed. Fig. 2 is aface view of the same. Fig. 3 shows sectionalviews of the parts detached. 7

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of toys which arecomposed of two disks mounted on a common arbor, on which a cord iswound, and which, when properly manipulated, rise and fall, the cordbeing alternately unwound from the arbor and then again wound upon thesame.

My improvement consists in the combination of two metallic disks, eachof which is provided with a tubular hub, one of which fits into theother, so that, by means of said tubular hubs, the two disks can bereadily united, and by these means the construction of a toy ot' theclass above stated is materially facilitated.

In the drawing, the letters A A designate two disks, each of which isprovided with a tubular hub, a or a, the hub a of the disk A being madeto fit into the hub to of the disk A, as shown in Fig. l of the drawing.Said disks, together with their hubs, may. be made of sheet metal, andin this case they are stamped up by means of suitable dies 5 orthedisks, with their nipples, may be cast of zinc or any other suitablemetal. The hub a of the disk A is somewhat longer than the hub to, sothat when the two parts are united the outer edge of the hub a bearsagainst the inner sur face of the disk A, while the end of the hub aprojects beyond the outer surface of the disk A, and by turning the edgeof the hub a cutward the two disks are firmly united. If desired,however, the two hubs can be secured together by screw-threads or by anysuitable means. When the disks A A have been united, their hubs a a forma tubular arbor, common to both disks. Both hubs a a, are

provided with holes I), which, when the disks have been united, coincidewith each other, so that a cord can be drawn through the same, as shownin Fig. 1.

When the toy is to be set in motion, the cord is wound round the tubulararbor formed by hubs a a, and by allowing the disks to drop the cord isunwound, while the disks acquire a rapid revolving motion. By giving tothe cord a slight upward jerk at the moment, or rather just before, ithas become unwound, the motion of the disks is reversed, causing them torise on the cord and to rewind the same on the tubular arbor.

When the disks A A are made of cast metal, they can be made of anydesired weight, and my toy, in that case, serves not only as a means ofamusement, but also for the purpose of strengthening the muscles of thehand, wrist, and arm I am aware that a spinning toy has been constructedof two disks of metal, having on their outer sides a marginal rim orscroll, and having a central aperture, surrounded on the inner side ofeach disk by an indented annula-r boss, the indentations of one bossbeing adapted to receive the projections of the other boss, the twodisks being held together by a rivet clinched in the central opening;and such construction I disclaim, as it is not my invention. By myinvention I dispense with the employment ofa rivet or screw for securingthe disks together.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A revolving toy, consisting of two metallic disks, A A, each of which isconstructed with a tubular hub, one of which hubs fits within thetubular portion of the other hub, for securing the disks togetherwithout the interposition of a rivet or screw, as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 14th day of April, 1876.

CHARLES WEBER. n s.]

Witnesses:

JOHN ANsoHI'JTz, HENRI STEPHEN.

